Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 829-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-pkt-829-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-1058 ex LCI(G)-1058 ex LCI(L)-1058 (10/15/151058) - construction, designations, campaigns, specifications, transfer (source credited: USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151058.htm - header designation block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 23 March 1944 at DeFoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 7 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1058 on 18 April 1944, LT. R. B. Purdy USN in command; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-1058 on 31 December 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-1058 on 30 April 1945. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 9 January 1945; assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 26 March - 14 June 1945 (LCI Flotilla Fourteen CAPT. T. W. Rimer USN; LCI Group Forty LCDR. H. Brown USNR; LCI Division Eighty). Three battle stars for WWII service. Decommissioned and struck, dates unknown. Transferred to the Philippine Navy 2 July 1948; final disposition fate unknown. Awards shown: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3); World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max; complement by configuration 4+24 (L) / 5+65 (G) / 4+49 (M); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, single GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC ship's service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (documented window); disposition after transfer unknown
- Population
- DeFoe construction trades (1944); crew 1944-48 (approx. 28 aboard as LCI(L), 53 as LCI(M)); embarked troops up to 188; Philippine Navy crew post-1948
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history and specification record; contains no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation whose milestones track official records - the commissioning date is independently corroborated by the NARA Special List 44 deck-log window start (18 April 1944) and the builder table. Decommissioning and striking dates are not documented anywhere located. Philippine-era identity and final fate undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (comp. Claudia Bradley et al., 1978), p. 359 - digitized page image via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA SL 44, p. 359, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' table, row 'LCI(L)(M)-1058' (scan image narasl44/385.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official deck-log inventory lists 'LCI(L)(M)-1058' with a logbook date span of Apr. 18, 1944 - June 30, 1945, comprising 2 logbooks. This confirms NARA holds deck logs for this hull covering commissioning (18 April 1944) through the end of the Okinawa campaign window - a dated operational record establishing service in that interval, and the authoritative lead for reconstructing her movements, availabilities, and the February 1945 drydock noted in crew memoir.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-04-18 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew 1944-45
- Limitations
- Establishes existence and date span of the deck logs only - the logs themselves are textual records at NARA II (College Park) and do not appear in the digitized navy-online catalog list; page is a scan of the 1978 finding aid, not the logs. Log coverage endpoints are not commissioning or decommissioning dates. The '(M)' designation in the entry reflects the ship's latest known status at list compilation, not her 1944-45 configuration sequence. Contains no asbestos content. catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and could not be independently fetched; SL44 scan verified via ACPL mirror image (narasl44/385.jpg, printed page 359).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com, DeFoe Shipbuilding production table (Bay City MI) - hull-number ledger of all vessels built at the yard [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com DeFoe table, row '311 ... LCI(L) 1058'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder's hull ledger for this hull: DeFoe hull no. 311, 'LCI(L) 1058', US Navy, landing craft, 236 GT, 158 ft, dated 1-Apr-44, disposition 'To the Philippines 1948' - independently corroborating the builder, hull number, and Philippine transfer documented by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- DeFoe construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Independent compilation confirming builder and disposition only. The table's 'Delivered' date of 1-Apr-44 precedes NavSource's launch date of 7-Apr-44 - internally inconsistent for this LCI series (sister hulls 1055-1060 all carry the same 1-Apr-44 figure), so it is treated as an approximate ledger marker, not a delivery date; milestone dates carried from NavSource/NARA. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-03
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[5]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'The Elsie Item' newsletter issue 54 (scan hosted on yumpu.com) - first-person crew account by Frank D. Weaver [museum_official]
- Locator
- Elsie Item issue 54, 'Seaman's yarns' section (Frank D. Weaver letter)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Named crew member documents service aboard this hull: Frank D. Weaver of Garland, Texas, was assigned to the 1058 in February 1945 as a Seaman (Gunner's Mate striker), relieving Army mortar crews; the ship was then at Saipan awaiting Iwo Jima but instead 'went into drydock for propeller repairs,' then proceeded to Samar and to Okinawa, where operations consisted of shore bombardment, smoke-making, and firing at kamikazes. Weaver recounts that around 26 May 1945, anchored bow and stern off a small island north of Ie Shima (he believes Kure Shima) on picket/radio duty reporting low-flying kamikazes, a lone kamikaze dived at the ship and hit the water a few feet off the bow after the skipper (LTJG Purdy, or XO J. K. Pounders) ordered full speed ahead with both anchors out.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-02 to 1945-05
- Population
- Crew member Frank D. Weaver; LCI(M)-1058 crew Feb-May 1945; drydock trades at the unnamed facility (Feb 1945)
- Limitations
- Veterans-association memoir, not an official record - details are recollection (Weaver himself hedges the island name and which officer gave the order). He calls the ship 'LCI(M)' in February 1945 though the official reclassification to LCI(M) is dated 30 April 1945 (she was LCI(G) at that date; mortar crews were already embarked, consistent with the conversion being staged). The drydock-for-propeller-repairs episode explains her absence from the Iwo Jima campaign list but its location is not stated. No asbestos content. Newsletter scan is JS-rendered on yumpu; text verified via indexed extraction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-04
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[6]National Museum of the Great Lakes, republication of 'Fighting Ships from Bay City' (Bert C. Brennan, Inland Seas journal, July 1945) - contemporaneous account of DeFoe Shipbuilding wartime production [museum_official]
- Locator
- nmgl.org 'Fighting Ships from Bay City - July 1945' (Inland Seas reprint), production-count and delivery-route passages
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous July 1945 documentation of this hull's builder: DeFoe Shipbuilding Co., sprawled on the Saginaw River at Bay City, Michigan, employed some 4,000 workers and produced nearly 135 naval vessels since Pearl Harbor, including forty-seven LCI(L) landing craft - of which this hull (yard no. 311) was one. The article describes the yard's roll-over construction method and documents the delivery route for Great Lakes-built craft: under their own power down Lake Huron and Lake Michigan to Chicago, through the drainage canal and Illinois River to the Mississippi, reaching New Orleans (~2,100 miles) for drydocking, refit, and final Navy acceptance.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- DeFoe shipyard workforce (~4,000, 1941-45); civilian delivery crews (Bay City to New Orleans)
- Limitations
- Yard-level contemporaneous account - documents the builder's wartime production scale and the delivery route this hull would have taken, but does not name LCI(L)-1058 or describe materials aboard her. Museum republication of a wartime journal article; contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM diesel plant, no steam); ONI 226 'Allied Landing Craft' recognition manual, Office of Naval Intelligence (1944) - official Navy type documentation for the LCI(L)-351 design series; GAO HRD-80-2 statement that all ships of the era carried asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI 226 manual, LCI(L) sections (ibiblio.org/hyperwar PDF); NavSource 10/15/151058 specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered steel landing craft built in early 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel landing craft of this type were: engine exhaust lagging and thermal insulation in the engine compartment; gaskets and valve packing in the fuel, lube-oil, and cooling systems; asbestos-containing electrical cable insulation and components (GAO: 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'); and asbestos-containing cement and sheet products used in wartime construction. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and asbestos loading aboard an LCI was far lighter than aboard a steam-driven ship.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (U.S. service); disposal unknown
- Population
- DeFoe construction trades (Mar-Apr 1944); crew (1944-48); drydock/repair trades at forward bases; Philippine Navy crew and any breakers post-1948
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1058. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. ONI 226 documents the type's dimensions/armament/engines but says nothing about insulation materials; the asbestos application list is era inference from Navy-wide practice, not LCI-specific documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-06
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[8]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers from Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) - full text [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section and cover-letter summary
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that thermal insulation was 'the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; that 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'; that product specifications for thermal insulation were not changed to require asbestos-free materials until 1973; and that ships were still being delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978 - spanning this hull's entire 1944 construction and 1944-48 U.S. service era. The Navy's formal policy to eliminate asbestos where alternates existed dates to October 1975.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy asbestos-use era through 1978
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not DeFoe. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity. Full text retrieved via Firecrawl extraction; direct fetch of gao.gov PDF returned an HTML stub (standing gao.gov fetch block, cf. BATCH-98).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-07
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[9]Batch-4937 search ledger (this record): NavSource page; NARA SL44 scan (ACPL mirror) + navy-online digitized list; shipbuildinghistory DeFoe table; NHHC DANFS; NVR; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and dockets); USS LCI National Association Elsie Item; NMGL Inland Seas; GAO full text; ONI 226; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1058 / LCI(G)-1058 / LCI(M)-1058 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session - opinion index 0 hits, docket index 0 hits for all designation variants (a class-context query for 'LCI asbestos navy veteran' returned one name collision, In re Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1553 - unrelated). No law-firm or marketing content asserting asbestos aboard this specific hull was located either - the type is largely absent from the asbestos-ship listicle corpus. Decommissioning and striking are undocumented in every source found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era inference remains reasonable and unverified. Undigitized leads remain: the two NARA deck-log volumes (SL44 p.359), BuShips plans/Booklets of General Plans for the LCI-351 series, and Philippine Navy records for the 1948-? window. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1058-lcil1058-08